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HELP! Astro Timelapse blurry

d5500 astro nightlapse

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Shadow92

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Hello guys!
Im quite new to photography and recently I started trying out astro photography. After some time I managet to set up my D5500 correctly to get nice, pretty sharp photo of night sky with a bit of milky way visible and stuff.
Problem occurs when I want to set it up to interval shooting so I can create a whole video out of it. With identical settings as for single photo the images get blurry, defocused.
My settings:
Manual mode, shutter speed 15-20 sec, f/6.3, ISO 6400, tripod, manual focus.
Check the attached files to see the comparision of single and interval image.
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Asrian

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If the shutter speed is the same, you either need to open us the interval between automated shots or get a sturdier, better dampened  tripod, head or both. It is quite possible that you don't need to adjust the interval much to get rid of these resonance artefacts. I suspect mirror slap is the culprit



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I would use MUP, mirror UP to reduce shake and use a remote trigger. Otherwise, you are on with your settings.